improvable

Variant of improve

improve definition

im·prove (im pro̵̅o̅v′)

transitive verb improved -·proved′, improving -·prov′·ing

  1. Now Rare to use profitably or to good advantage to improve one's leisure by studying
  2. to raise to a better quality or condition; make better
  3. ☆ to make (land or structures) more valuable by cultivation, construction, etc.

Etymology: earlier improw < Anglo-Fr emprower < en-, in + prou, gain, advantage < LL prode, advantage (back-form. < L prodesse, to be of advantage): see pro- & is

intransitive verb

to become better in quality or condition

Related Forms:

improve Idioms

improve on

or improve upon
to do or make better than, as by additions or changes

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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